FOLDABLE ARTIFICIAL CHRISMAS TREE

• US 3,846,213 A
• Filed: 07/24/1972
• Issued: 11/05/1974
• Est. Priority Date: 07/24/1972
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Thiemann N
• Original Assignee: Thiemann N
• Inventors: THIEMANN N
• Application Number:
  US05/274,456
• Time in Patent Office: 834 Days
• US Class Current: 428/9
• CPC Class Codes: A47G 33/06 Artificial Christmas trees
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/24289 Embedded or interlocked
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/24331 including nonapertured component

Abstract

1. A fordable artificial tree having a trunk and a plurality of tiers of branches of different lengths, the length of the branches in upper tiers being less than the length of branches in lower tiers, and means mounting said branches to said trunk for folding the branches of each tier inwardly toward said trunk, the mounting means comprising: a link for each branch in said tree, each link being pivoted at one end to an intermediate point on its respective branch, the links within a tier being of different lengths so that when the tree is in erect condition the links hold the branches in a given tier at angles which differ from branch to branch, each tier having associated with it a first means on the trunk pivotally mounting the inner end of the links of the respective tier, each tier also having associated with is a second means on the trunk pivotally mounting the lower ends of the branches of the respective tier, one of said first and second means being slidable along said trunk with respect to the other of said first and second means, the sum of the length of a link and the distance between the lower end of the respective branch and the intermediate point to which the link is attached being a constant for all branches and links in a given tier.

Claims

1. A fordable artificial tree having a trunk and a plurality of tiers of branches of different lengths, the length of the branches in upper tiers being less than the length of branches in lower tiers, and means mounting said branches to said trunk for folding the branches of each tier inwardly toward said trunk, the mounting means comprising:

a link for each branch in said tree, each link being pivoted at one end to an intermediate point on its respective branch, the links within a tier being of different lengths so that when the tree is in erect condition the links hold the branches in a given tier at angles which differ from branch to branch, each tier having associated with it a first means on the trunk pivotally mounting the inner end of the links of the respective tier, each tier also having associated with is a second means on the trunk pivotally mounting the lower ends of the branches of the respective tier, one of said first and second means being slidable along said trunk with respect to the other of said first and second means, the sum of the length of a link and the distance between the lower end of the respective branch and the intermediate point to which the link is attached being a constant for all branches and links in a given tier.